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KINGSTON – Three contracts, valued at $397,500,040.81, have been approved by Cabinet for the provision of security services to the offices of the National Water Commission (NWC) for a period of three years. Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, made the disclosure at yesterday March 16 post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House. The awards...

KINGSTON – Cabinet has approved amendments to the Metal and Jewelry (Control of Second-Hand) Act, to increase penalties and application fees for licences under the Act.  Speaking at a Post Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday, March 16, Minister with responsibility for Information, Telecommunications and Special Projects, Hon. Daryl Vaz, said the current upsurge in the cash for gold trade, has...

KINGSTON – Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Senator Dorothy Lightbourne, maintained that there was no corruption in her handling of the Christopher Coke extradition case, as she continued testimony at the Commission of Enquiry at the Jamaica Conference Centre, downtown Kingston on Tuesday March 15. Cross examined by Attorney at Law, Patrick Atkinson, who represents former National Security Minister,...

KINGSTON – Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Senator the Hon. Dorothy Lightbourne, says the four Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) will have to be revisited, as they are considered to be unconstitutional. “The MOUs are unconstitutional and they are in breach of the Interception of Communications Act,” Senator Lightbourne said under cross examination by attorney-at-law, K.D. Knight, Q.C., at the...

KINGSTON - Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Senator Hon. Dorothy Lightbourne, on Friday March 11 remained adamant that she had faithfully carried out her ministerial duties in the handling of the extradition request for Christopher "Dudus" Coke. She maintained, even under intense cross examination from People's National Party lead attorney K.D. Knight, that she executed her responsibilities appropriately, with...

Justice Minister and Attorney General, Senator the Hon. Dorothy Lightbourne has maintained that she followed due process in the handling of the extradition request for Christopher Coke. She said that she did not treat the case any differently from similar extradition requests that have come before her office for consideration. The Minister was being cross examined by People’s National Party...

KINGSTON — Former owner of the famous Little Pub Hotel and Restaurant in Ocho Rios, Keith Foote, told the FINSAC Enquiry Tuesday (March 8) how a $5 million National Commercial Bank (NCB) loan cost him his $10 million penthouse apartment in 2002, after he had repaid over $40 million. Mr. Foote was one of two witnesses testifying at the enquiry...

Project Coordinator of the Tropical Storm Gustav Recovery Programme, which was run under the auspices of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Kirk Frankson, has defended his organisation’s training of more women than men in construction skills, as a way to ensure that knowledge is passed on to the communities. “One of the things we realise, in...

The Government’s effort to create an enabling legislative and fiscal framework to attract investors has received strong support from one of the largest United States-based law firms, Baker and McKenzie. Principal Partner of the firm with responsibility for global wealth management, Simon P. Beck, commended the Government for its bold moves to position Jamaica at the forefront of investment destinations....

Chairman of the Commission of Enquiry into the extradition of Christopher Coke, Emil George, Q.C., has informed that he had written to Manatt, Phelps and Phillips regarding a representative of the United States law firm giving evidence before the Commission. Addressing lawyers at today’s (March 1) sitting of the Commission, Mr. George said he received a letter from the law...

Deputy Solicitor General, Lackston Robinson testified yesterday February  28, that he was concerned that the constitutional rights of a Jamaican citizen were breached, in the extradition request for Christopher Coke. Mr. Robinson was testifying before the Commission of Enquiry into the extradition request for Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke by the United States of America, being held at the Jamaica Conference Centre,...

Jamaica’s first ever Children’s Advocate, Mary Clarke, is to demit office on April 1, just over five years after her appointment. Mrs. Clarke, who has served in the public sector in various capacities for over 40 years, was appointed to the position in 2006, after the Office of the Children’s Advocate (OCA) was established under the Child Care and Protection...